His social media exercise comes months after Williams addressed hypothesis about her look throughout Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime present. The tennis icon appeared in a dance second whereas Lamar carried out “Not Like Us,” a monitor extensively interpreted as a shot at Drake. Williams instructed Time the second was “absolutely not” shade towards her ex and that she “would never” take part in something meant to mock him. She mentioned it was “sad that anyone would ever think that” and added, “I respect how they could. Obviously I can see how someone would think that, but absolutely not.” She additionally defined, “I have never had negative feelings towards him. We’ve known him for so many years.”

Williams mentioned the dance was really a nod to her well-known celebration on the 2012 London Olympics, the place she did the crip stroll after profitable her gold medal match towards Maria Sharapova. Reflecting on the second with Time, she admitted, “I don’t know if I regret it or not. I don’t know the answer to that.”

Drake has referenced Williams in his music as effectively, together with on the 2013 monitor “Worst Behavior,” the place he rapped, “I’m with my whole set, tennis matches at the crib / I swear I could beat Serena when she playin’ with her left.”